Billionaire Elon Musk calls Britain a ‘prison island’ amid controversy over nude photos.

Amidst heated controversy over sensitive images created by AI Grok, billionaire Elon Musk accused the British government of “fascism” after London threatened to block the social media platform X.

Grok is a product created by billionaire Elon Musk’s xAI company.
Commenting on a chart that allegedly showed the UK having the highest number of arrests in the world related to social media comments, billionaire Musk wrote: “Why is the British government so fascist?”. In other previous posts, he claimed that Britain wanted to “suppress free speech” and called the country a “prison island”.

According to third-party analysis, social network X (formerly Twitter) has become one of the social networks flooded with images of people being “undressed” by AI without their consent.

British regulators say they have discovered “criminal” images on the dark web, believed to have been created using the Grok tool.

According to the Internet Watch organization, images on the dark web depicting “topless” girls aged 11-13 are at a threshold where law enforcement must intervene. Billionaire Musk’s xAI company operates Grok and the X social network.

Earlier this week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged action, urging social media platform X to urgently address its image-related issues.

In a statement issued on January 9, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said that the media regulator Ofcom needed to use its “full legal powers” ​​and warned that the government could “block access to services in the UK if they refuse to comply with UK law”.

Sanctioning social media platform X risks angering the administration of US President Donald Trump. The US has previously threatened retaliation against the European Union and others for efforts to tighten regulation of American technology companies.

However, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said he had discussed the issue with US Vice President JD Vance, and Mr. Vance had expressed concern about how the technology is being misused.

“I think he’s very aware of the seriousness of how images of women and children can be manipulated in this way, and he understands that it’s despicable and unacceptable. I feel he empathizes with that view,” Lammy told The Guardian after his visit to Washington.

“The fact is that we are in contact again today regarding this extremely serious matter,” Mr. Lammy added.